La Chaux-de-Fonds: facts

At a glance

• Country: Switzerland
• Region: Neuchâtel
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 37,942
• Coordinates: 47.0999° N, 6.8259° E
• Time zone: Europe/Zurich (UTC+01:00 standard, UTC+02:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Franc (CHF)
• Distance to the capital, Bern: 50 km (31 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Bern Airport (BRN): 55 km (34 mi), straight line
• EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (BSL, France): 76 km (48 mi), straight line
• Dole Tavaux Airport (DLE, France): 106 km (66 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Cernier: 7.3 km (4.5 mi)
• Le Locle: 7.6 km (4.7 mi)
• Rochefort: 14 km (8 mi)
• Neuchatel: 14 km (9 mi)
• Muenchenwiler: 31 km (19 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Bern, 50 km (31 mi)